Deathvalley Flash

The band's name was written as both Deathvalley Flash or Death Valley Flash. Spawned out of a high school NWOBHM cover band called Death Valley. In 1981 the band replaced their original vocalist Yappo with Hideki "Hayata" Akashi who formerly played in a band called Jesus (not to be confused with Jesus ). Akashi used the musical name of Flash, so the band was known as Death Valley Flash when both he and Death Valley worked together. As Death Valley the band made a two song demo in 1981 which featured Akashi on vocals, though he was in the band, their name hadn't changed yet. Under the Death Valley Flash name the band released a single in 1983 and demo in 1984 before ending the project. In 1985, vocalist Hideki Akashi released a solo album called Masterpiece using Flash as the band name, though it's a separate release from this band. In 2021 the group reunited with the intent to perform shows later in the year. After a few months of delays the band would play a reunion show on June 25, 2022.